Why the study?
Does extensive preseasonal screening identify player-related risk factors for injuries in youth football?
Population
67 male U15-U19 players from a regional football school
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
44 weeks
Authors
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Single preseason screening should not yet guide injury prevention in youth football; hypothesis-generating for physical fatigue as a risk factor.
Does extensive preseasonal screening identify player-related risk factors for injuries in youth football?
A single preseason test session may be of limited interest in an injury prevention strategy, as only physical fatigue was significantly associated with injury.
Frisch et al. (2011) studied this question.
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